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Category: Technology
Purple WiFi and Ruckus deliver WiFi and analytics for 70,000 ton floating museum
In partnership with Ruckus Wireless and Equinox Telecom, Purple WiFi has redefined the guest experience in one of the most challenging and exciting networking environments we’ve seen to date – the USS Midway Museum, San Diego. The USS Midway is the world’s most visited historic naval ship. The ship is…
The Future of Bars and Restaurants – leveraging technology to get a competitive advantage
When is it? The event will be held on Thursday 22nd October from 2pm at Gilgamesh Bar & Restaurant, in the vibrant London Borough of Camden. So what’s it about? We are taking a good look at how bars and restaurants need to prepare themselves for the future and the…
5 ways wearable tech is getting even smarter
A slideshare by People’s Monthly on mobile and wearables prompted us to look at the popular and potential wearables of today and how they might be used in different market places. At Purple wearable tech matters to us because it’s reliant on connectivity to make it work. As the number…
Top 6 weirdest places with WiFi
In January this year, there were more than 50 million public WiFi hotspots across the world – that equates to one WiFi hotspot for every 150 people on the planet! But where are the world’s most unusual WiFi hotspots? 1) Mountains In July it was announced that visitors to Japan’s…
5 interesting uses for location technology
Proximity based social networking is becoming the norm and there has recently been a shift towards app development to help us to widen our social circles. A summary can be found on this article by vizeum. Notifications about our social connections who are close by at that moment in time…
Why we love selfies
8 things we’ve learnt about selfies 1 ) A picture tells a thousand words Thanks to connectivity and being ‘always on’ we can take a picture almost any time, any place, anywhere and immediately post it to one of many social media accounts. Hence the current fascination and trend for…
Fanalytics: Why the stadium beats the sofa
Technology advancements have meant that we can watch games, concerts and sports events easily from our own homes. This was a concern aired in 2012 in an article by Mike Freeman entitled ‘…..a losing battle in keeping fans filling its stadiums’. The fear was that technology was enabling fans to…
Purple lands the United Wireless Arena!
New customer announcement: Purple WiFi solution is being deployed at the United Wireless Arena and Conference Center. Located in Dodge City, Kansas, the arena is a state of the art multi-purpose facility, successfully hosting hundreds of events since it first opened in 2011. An elite entertainment destination, the United Wireless…
How important is WiFi in daily life?
If you were asked to rate the following in order of things you wouldn’t be able to live without, where do you think internet/ WiFi would be placed? You might be surprised to find that it was actually found to be the absolute top of the list in a survey…
WiFi’s Impact on Retail: Increasing Spend and the Bottom Line
Recent research has found that retailers who offer in-store WiFi are seeing the benefits with an increase in their bottom line and an increase in sales. IHL, sponsored by Airtight and Earthlink, carried out research into the use of in-store WiFi: “Impact of Store Networks and WiFi on Customer Experience”.…
Maximising the cloud in the workplace
Our blog on BYOD in the workplace suggested that productivity increases if employers allow workers to bring their own device. Employees who wish to use their own devices usually expect that they can and an increasing number of establishments such as hospitals and education are allowing BYOD. In this blog…
Apple Pay: What is it, who will accept it and what impact will it have?
What is Apple pay? Apple Pay is a mobile payment system that acts as a digital wallet. It allows a user to make payments using compatible Apple devices. Apple Pay does not require Apple-specific contactless payment terminals. Currently, Apple Pay is only available for use in the US in its…
Top 5 things you always wanted to know about self driving cars
I’m from the generation that grew up watching Knight Rider. Every Saturday evening with a packet of Skips crisps. My Gran thought David Hasselhoff was ‘dishy,’ but I watched it for the car, I wanted a KITT, a car that I could summon via my watch to rescue me when…
Seven ways that mobiles have revolutionised events
It’s quite likely that you are one of the 91% of mobile users who keep their device within arm’s reach for 100% of the time. So you will know how important mobile phones have become in nearly every aspect of life. Mobile for event planning is no different. It is…
How much do you know about the WWW?
If you are reading this then you probably use the internet a fair bit (or perhaps nearly all day, everyday). But, not everyone is as tech savvy as you! Did you know that some people don’t know the difference between the internet and the WWW? Some even don’t know what…